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THOMAS ALLAN STRATTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Allan Stratton, of Seneca, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 86
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Seneca, Pennsylvania (Venango County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 86
- JAMES VIRGIL SPURLEY JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- EDSEL WAYNE STEAGALLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JAMES RALPH STEVENSONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN WHYTESpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
From Seneca
- SAMUEL LEE ANDERTONSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- PHILIP GILBERT FRANKLINPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.